December 05, 1885

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Features

M. Pasteur's Researches in the Treatment of Hydrophobia

War Balloons

The Greyhounds of the Atlantic

Night Sky-November and December - 1885

By Richard A. Proctor

An Improved Window

Improved Method of Burning Limestone

Machine for Beveling Angle Bars, Etc.

An Improved Turning Lathe

The Sleeper's Guard

Clamp for Roof Scaffolds, Etc.

An Easily Operated Washing Machine

Portable Sash Securer

Boiler Flue Cleaner

Photographic Notes - December 5, 1885

Repairing the Cooper Institute

The Preservation of the Obelisk

Moncrieff Gun Carriages for Russian Iron Clads

The Silver King in Northern Waters

Miscellaneous Inventions - December 5, 1885

Engineering Inventions - December 5, 1885

Special - December 5, 1885

Communication Received

Departments

Letters

Correspondence - December 5, 1885

Recommended

New Books and Publications - December 5, 1885

Departments

Notes and Queries - December 5, 1885

Business and Personal - December 5, 1885

Index of Inventions - December 5, 1885

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